1. National Teaching
Fellow 2012
Digital literacies for a new
learning context
Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester
13th November
Deakin seminar
Melbourne

3. Outline
• The technological context
• Learner experience
• Digital literacies
• Pedagogical approaches
• Disaggregation of education
• Learning design
• Changing practices

4. Multimedia resources
80s
93
The Internet and the Web
94
Learning objects
Learning Management Systems
95
Mobile devices
98
Learning Design
99
Gaming technologies
00
E-Learning timeline
01
Open Educational Resources
Social and participatory media
04
http://halfanhour.blogspot.be/2012/02/e-learning-generations.html
Virtual worlds
05
07
E-books and smart devices
08
Massive Open Online Courses
http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/a-ramble-through-history-of-online.html

5. Collective
Peer critiquing
aggregation
User
generated Open
content
Networked Personalised

6. Technological trends
• Mobiles and e-books
• Personalised learning
• Cloud computing
• Ubiquitous learning
• BYOD (Bring your own device)
• Technology-Enhanced
learning spaces
• Learning analytics

7. Technologies
• Transforming everything we do
• New forms of communication
and collaboration
• Multiple rich representations
• Tools to find, create, manage,
share
• Networked, distributed, peer
reviewed, open
• Complex, dynamic and co-
evolving
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/6638184545/

8. Technologies for learning
• Audio-graphics • Podcasts
• Blogs • RSS feeds
• E-Books • Second life
• E-Portfolios • Social bookmarking
• Games • Twitter
• Instant Messaging • Video Mesaging
• Mashups • Wikis
• Mobile learning • Video clips and YouTube
• Photo sharing • Video chat
Rennie and Morrison, 2012

9. Learning Management Systems
Communication
Library Content
tools
Registration
Collaboration Assessment
Finance
tools tools
Timetabling
Student Upload Tracking
records tools tools
Conole, forthcoming, UNESCO briefing paper

10. The MATEL study
http://www.menon.org/matel/
• Productivity and creativity
• Networked collaboration
• Content creation
• Visualisation and simulation
• Learning Management Systems
• Learning environment
• Games
• Devices, interfaces and
connectivity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/462376660/

11. Aspects of learning
Individual Collaborative
Creating and Learning
accessing content organisation

12. Game changers
• Harnessing the power of new
media
• Need to rethink education
• Key questions
– How can we reach more
learners, more effectively?
– What is the impact of free
resources, tools and expertise?
– What new business models are
emerging?
– What new digital literacies are
needed?
http://www.educause.edu/game-changers

13. Learner experience
• Technology immersed
• Learning approaches: task-
orientated, experiential,
just in time, cumulative,
social
• Personalised digital
learning environment
• Mix of institutional systems
and cloud-based tools and
services
• Use of course materials
with free resources
Sharpe, Beetham and De Freitas, 2010
http://www.educause.edu/studentsAndTechnologyInfographic

14. Digital literacies
• Range of terms and definitions
– Information literacies
– Digital literacies
– Digital competences
– E-skills
Digital literacies =
Tool knowledge + Critical thinking +
Social engagement (Fraser)
www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/may/15/digital-literacy-in-universities

15. Digital literacies: definition
• Set of social practices and
meaning making of digital
tools (Lankshear and
Knobel, 2008)
• Continuum from
instrumental skills to
productive competence
and efficiency
http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC67075_TN.pdf

16. IPTS report
• Confident/critical use of
technologies for work,
leisure and communication
• Digital divide
• The network is key
• More participatory and
open practices

17. Benefits
• Social
• Health
• Economic
• Civic
• Cultural
• Societal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaquell/4329902002/

18. Issues
• Personal safety and
privacy
• Responsible, ethical, and
legal issues
• Understanding digital
media
• Inequalities and the
digital divide
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/3668208527/

19. Digital literacies
Creativity
Play Collective intelligence
Performance Judgement
Simulation Transmedia
navigation
Appropriation Networking
Multitasking Negotiation
Distributed cognition Jenkins et al., 2006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/r8r/4109502436/

20. Transmedia navigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc

21. Distributed cognition
Across
Filtering
networks
Tools and
Aggregation
people
Networked Personalised
Salamon, 1993

22. Play
http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/swift/

23. Networking

24. Collective intelligence

25. Performance
• Digital identity
• Degree of openness
• Communication and
collaboration

26. Creativity
• Derived from Latin ‘creo’ to
create/make
• Creating something new
(physical artefact or concept)
that is novel and valuable
• Ability to transcend
traditional ideas, rules,
partners, relationships and
create meaningful new
ideas, forms, methods,
interpretations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaxzine/2278300537/

27. Why is it important?
• Essential skill to
deal with today’s
complex, fast and
changing society
• Discourse and
collaboration are
mediated through
a range of social
and participatory
media

28. Stages
• Preparation: identifying the
problem
• Incubation:
internalisatiingthe problem
• Intimation: getting a feeling
for a solution
• Illumination: creativity burst
forth
• Verification: idea is
consciously verified,
elaborated and applied
http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamcromar/5230835657/

29. Technologies
• Can promote creativity in
new and innovative ways
• Enable new forms of
discourse, collaboration
and cooperation
• Access and repurpose
knowledge in different
forms of representation
• Aggregation and scale –
distributed and collective

30. Augmented Reality Games (ARGs)
• Began with a code 91211
• Twitter hash tag
• Mysterious character Rufus
• Series of clues – real and
virtual
• Video screen in
Manchester spontaneously
playing students’ videos
Helen Keegan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qESNQMDupfY
Keynote, Eden Research Workshop, Leuven, 24th October 2012

31. Pedagogical approaches
Drill & practice Mobile
learning learning
Situated Immersive
learning learning

32. Drill and practice learning

33. Mobile learning
Study calendars
E-books
Learning resources
Online modules
Annotation tools
Mind mapping tools
Communication mechanisms

34. Situated learning
Archeological digs
Medical wards
Art exhibitions
Cyber-law
Virtual language exchange
Beyond formal schooling http://www.jibbigo.com/

35. Immersive learning

36. Disaggregation of education
Resources Learning
pathways
Support Accreditation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emclibrary/2459359483/

37. Resources
• Over ten years of the Open
Educational Resource (OER)
movement
• Hundreds of OER
repositories worldwide
• Presence on iTunesU

38. The OPAL metromap
Evaluation shows lack of uptake
by teachers and learners
Shift from development to
community building and
articulation of OER practice
http://www.oer-quality.org/

39. POERUP outputs
• An inventory of more than 100 OER initiatives
http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries_with_OER_initiatives
• 11 country reports and 13 mini-reports
http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries
• 7 in-depth case studies
• 3 EU-wide policy papers

40. Massive
Open
Online
Courses http://www.olds.ac.uk/
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506326/the-technology-of-massive-open-online-courses/

41. Learning pathways
• Guided pathways through materials
• Can promote different pedagogical approaches

42. Support
• Computer assisted
• Peer support
• Tutor support
• Community support
• Mentoring
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24289877@N02/5851058394/

43. Accreditation
Peer to Peer University OER University
www.p2pu.org/en/ wikieducator.org/OER_university/

44. Promise and reality
Social and
participatory media
offer new ways to
communicate and
collaborate
Not fully exploited
Wealth of free Replicating bad pedagogy
resources and tools
Lack of time and skills

45. Learning Design
Shift frombelief-based, implicit
approaches todesign-
based,explicit approaches
Learning Design
A design-based approach to
creation and support of
courses
Encouragesreflective,scholarly
practices
Promotessharing and discussion

46. Conceptualise
What do we want to design, who for
and why?
Carpe Diem:
7Cs of learning Design
Consolidate
Evaluate and embed your design
http://beyonddistance.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/carpe-diem-the-7cs-of-design-and-delivery/

47. Changing practices
• Nature of learning,
teaching and research
is changing
• It’s about
– Harnessing new media
– Adopting open practices
• New business models
are emerging

48. Digital scholarship
• Exploiting the digital network
• New forms of dissemination
and communication
• Promoting reflective practice
• Embracing the affordances of
new technologies
Weller: http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/

49. My digital environment

50. Citation indicators

51. The future of learning
• Changing nature of
education
• New forms of
communication and
collaboration
• Rich multimedia
representation
• Harnessing the global
network

52. Implications
• Blurring boundaries
• New business models
• More open practices
• Changing roles
• Importance of new
digital literacy skills
• Disruptive and
complex

53. http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConole
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance
grainne.conole@le.ac.uk
http://e4innovation.com